Puget Sound Joint Purchasing Association
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What it says it does
CONNECTING PEOPLE AND RESOURCES TO MAXIMIZE PROCUREMENT POWER THROUGH INNOVATIVE SERVICES.
- Income
- $96,864
- Spending
- $92,129
- Highest pay
- $52,829, executive director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- THE PUGET SOUND JOINT PURCHASING ASSOCIATION (PSJPC) HAS MORE THAN 125 MEMBER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. WE PROVIDE A FOOD SERVICE DISTRIBUTION BID FOR MEMBER DISTRICTS, THAT AIDS ALL DISTRICT BY VOLUME PURCHASED. IN A SCHOOL YEAR OUR MEMBERS PURCHASED OVER $50 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF FOOD AND SUPPLIES THROUGH THIS CONTRACT. ADDITIONALLY, PSJPC PROVIDES USDA COMMODITY BIDS FOR USE BY MEMBER DISTRICTS. THESE BIDS ALLOW MEMBER DISTRICTS TO SEND USDA COMMODITIES TO MANUFACTURER AND HAVE THEM CONVERTED INTO PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCT. AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE SENDING USDA RAW CHICKEN TO A MANUFACTURER AND GETTING CHICKEN NUGGETS IN RETURN. MEMBERS ARE SURVEYED ON WHERE THEY WANT TO SEND COMMODITY PRODUCTS BASED ON EXISTING BIDS. OUR INFORMATION IS THEN GIVEN TO THE STATE DONATED FOODS OFFICE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AND THEY COORDINATE THE COMMODITIES WITH THE USDA.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since November 2023.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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